Weekly Round-Up: January 26, 2018

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How Google Is Killing the Independent Movie IndustryNewsweekMovie producer Cassian Elwes explains how internet piracy is decimating the entertainment industry. “Piracy has run rampant on the internet, and creatives have no chance of keeping up with all of it.”

TV Writers Launch Anonymous Pay Survey Amid Push for Salary ParityThe Hollywood ReporterThe Google document being shared anonymously around the entertainment industry includes wages, gender, ethnic background, as well as the network and studio they work for. The document is aimed at encouraging women to speak up about pay inequity and help writers look for a way to achieve salary parity.

Cuomo Signs Executive Order Protecting Net Neutrality in New YorkThe HillThe order states that the New York government is not to enter into contracts with ISPs if the provider is not following net neutrality rules. Cuomo says “with this executive order, we reaffirm our commitment to freedom and democracy and help ensure that the internet remains free and open to all.”

All Good Magazines Go to HeavenThe New York TimesA peek inside the Hyman Archive, which houses 160,000 magazines, many of which are not archived anywhere else physically or electronically. “When you come to look at something from 10 or 20 or 30 years ago, there are obvious kinds of historical archive-worthy elements, but they are also a great record of design trends, typefaces, photography, writing and technology, so they are fantastic records of time gone.”

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